SS Hendrik Willem Van Loon
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Name | Hendrik Willem Van Loon |
Namesake | Hendrik Willem Van Loon |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | United States Lines |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2482 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2] |
Cost | $1,180,861[1] |
Yard number | 46 |
Way number | 4 |
Laid down | 5 May 1944 |
Launched | 14 June 1944 |
Sponsored by | Eliza Helen van Loon |
Completed | 2 July 1944 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Hendrik Willem Van Loon was a liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Hendrik Willem Van Loon, a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author.
Construction
[edit]Hendrik Willem Van Loon was laid down on 5 May 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2482, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; sponsored by Eliza Helen van Loon, the widow of the namesake, and was launched on 14 June 1944.[2][1]
History
[edit]She was allocated to the United States Lines, on 2 July 1944. On 15 May 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Astoria, Oregon. On 1 July 1954, she was withdrawn from the fleet to be loaded with grain under the "Grain Program 1954", she returned loaded on 15 July 1954. On 8 October 1956, she was withdrawn to be unload, she returned on empty 12 October 1956. She was sold for scrapping, 19 April 1965, to Zidell Explorations, Inc., for $46,111.64. She was removed from the fleet on 21 May 1965.[4]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Hendrik Willem Van Loon". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- "SS Hendrik Willem Van Loon". Retrieved 24 January 2020.